Chapter 41

Fine,” she says glancing from me to Nathan.

Nathan gives me a quizzical look. I shrug. Who put sour milk in her cornflakes? Had something gone wrong with a patient? Or perhaps things have taken a bad turn with her boyfriend? I saw her earlier today and she seemed in good cheer.

She finds a table not too far from ours and sits down rather noisily.

“You want to join us?” I offer.

“I’m good,” she says in an uncharacteristically clipped tone, glaring openly at us.

Okay. I think. “Just as well,” I say, rising from the table and taking my coffee with me. “I need to be heading back anyway. Thanks for the coffee.”

“Sure,” Nathan says, looking a little bewildered.

It’s Friday and my shift ended at 4 p.m. so I’m pulling into our garage at 4:28. I wave at Dmitri and his brother before the garage door glides shut. Nathan is coming through the door carrying our overnight bags to load into the Jag.

“Hey, babe,” I say, as I climb out of the car and greet him with a kiss. “You’ve already got